Vanderbilt had probably its best hoops season in decades this year….in a year when they lost to us (shoulda been swept) and got punked by Murray State in the first round of the NCAAs. You say “above average,” I say “definitively mediocre.”

As for the academics, the Dores aren’t carrying the conference by their lonesome. Yeah, we’ve got some real stinkers here (hi, Starkvegas), but it’s not like the entire conference is populated by community-college-level institutions.

Not every team in the conference can be a winner. We need losers who will take their share of the bowl money, send a team to get drilled and then go quietly. Would you really want Vandy to be replaced with Texas in the SEC East (not that it will happen)? Think about it. Baylor serves its purpose in the Big-12 the same way.

Vandy’s men’s basketball program had 10 more wins than UGA and made the NCAA tournament. They have been better than UGA and USC in the SEC East for several years. Their women’s program is nationally ranked most years.

And academically, I never said the entire conference was community colleges. But there’s no arguing that Vandy is the class of the conference in that category.

Vandy’s major weakness is football. If that’s all you care about, then I understand your position.

You need speed, which they lack. I think their best bet would be a triple option attack. You don’t need huge linemen to run block, and defenses can’t simply count on being better athletes than you are.

so I was checking out comcast on demand laying here in bed ( I’m on my iPhone) and in the top picks they have a Soul Train section A bunch of good music. So guess what I’m watching right bow?

Yep… Billy Paul singing ” Me and Mrs. Jones” on a classic episode of Soul Train from 1972. I still feel guilty even though I did love that girl.

Bloviation for the Dawgnation

Quote Of The Day

“It's definitely different not knowing exactly who it's gonna be, but in a way, I feel like that's good,” he said. “One of my old coaches from Valdosta told me that competition is one of the best coaches. And I feel like, as well as each one of those three guys is performing, they're not gonna do anything but make each other better.” -- Jay Rome, The Red & Black, 3/25/15